Standing Stanes
T0504847122
Robert Ballantine's
Standing Stanes is a wry political comedy. It centres on a young man who, fired with entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to improve his community, endures a tireless journey as he comes face-to-face with the bureaucracy of larger-than-life, verging on cartoonesque officials. Set in the 1980s when it was originally penned, it has a charming retro appeal. There are many similarities between the UK political and economic landscape at that time and today; recession, austerity, unemployment, a Tory (led) Government. The play also talks of the "Cold War" between the East and West and though that no longer exists, there is a potential battle looming in the UK between North and South as the country debates the issue of Scottish independence.
Archive :: production:T0504847122, play:S0571559487, venue:V1233
Production details
Running time: approx. 1hr This event takes place at Malmaison, 1 Tower Place, Edinburgh EH6 7BZ. Tel: 0131 554 3005
